Microsoft Word Basics – Veracity Technologies

Microsoft Word is a graphical word processing program that allows users to type and save documents.

The following links will provide you with information to familiarize and get you started with Microsoft Word.

Get Started

• What is Word?
• Use Word on a mobile device

Create documents

• Create a document, use templates, and save
• Open, view, and close documents
• Convert a PDF to a Word document

Add and edit text

• Add and edit text

Format text with styles

• Apply Quick Styles and Themes
• Create and change styles

Save documents in PDF and other formats

• Save documents in PDF and other formats

Create mailing lists

• Get to know mail merge
• Use an Excel spreadsheet for mail merge contacts
• Use Outlook contacts for mail merge

Organize documents

• Add and remove page breaks
• Add a section, header, or footer

Design documents

• Select a theme and style
• Change the margins in your document

Check word counts

• Check word counts

Review documents and track changes

• Track changes and show markup
• Accept or reject changes

Create and format tables

• Convert text to a table
• Convert a table to text